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Hit rates by week, TE
Over 2019–2025, 42 games played. Bars show this player's rate against the TE rate over the same games.
Usage, TE
5 targets / game
9 games
[2025,2026] season, 9 games played. Share of team targets against the TE median.
Sam LaPorta was a second-round pick out of Iowa, which is the sort of pedigree that usually produces a blocking tight end and a nice story. Detroit instead turned him into the focal point of a passing game that prefers to spread the wealth on purpose. The question was never whether he can play; it is whether the offense leaves enough on the plate for a tight end to matter, and Detroit keeps answering yes.
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The week's LaPorta news centers on his future in Detroit. General manager Brad Holmes said his long-term plans for LaPorta and Brian Branch have not changed, per NBC ProFootballTalk, and The Athletic NFL reported Holmes is eyeing two extensions after cuts — which, read alongside the ProFootballTalk piece, points toward a LaPorta extension being in the works, though nothing has been finalized or announced. In the meantime, the Lions brought back tight end Tyler Conklin, per Pro Football Rumors, which affects the depth chart behind LaPorta rather than his standing as the top option at the position. No injury news involving LaPorta surfaced this week.
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